Improvement in chandeliers



i J.' A.-ErvAnTs.

Hanging Chandeliers..v

Patented May 26, 1868.

glatten gieten atnt @trinitA JOHN A. amers, oFwnsT-MNRIDEN, CONNECTICUT,.AssreNCR To lBRAD- jnur e 'Heumen Creatin PLACE;

Lenti-8 Patent No. 78,365, ma May 26,1868.

IMPROVEMENT 1N cnANDELIEns 1ro ALL WHCM 1T' Maiz CONCERNE v Be it knownthat I, JIIN A. EVARTS, ofJWest Meriden, in the county of New Haven, andState 'of Con- I nocticut, have invented a new Improvement inAChandeliers, 'and manner'of suspending thesame; and I do hereby. declarethe following, wl1en taken in connection with the aeeon'ipanyingdrawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, Vto he a full,clear, and exact descriptionoffthc same, and which said drawingsconlstitnte part of this specilication', and represeut, in-

Figure 1', a side View vofa chandelier-'suspended Figure 2, avpartialsection ofarchandelier.

Figui-e3, a vertical section of the weights; and'in Figure 4,v adetached riew of the lower portionA of the chandelier.

rj his invention relates more particularly to the construction `of thatclass of chandeliers to which are attached lamps 'for burning oils, 'o rother than gas, the object beng'to construct the chandelier so that it'may be taken to pieces, packed, for transportation, into a small`compas's,fand,A when required, may be easily read-'i justed; also inan'appara'tusfor suspending chandeliers, made adjustable, so that thesame apparatus may be p used forchandeliers of diere'ntweights. And theinvention consists in constructing the base or body'of the chandelier sothat arms mayx b` e locked therein by'bolting the parts of the bodytogether; also in the construction of a hollowcase, provided with a boltpassing through its centre, to holdA the-two parts ofthe case together,y

audso that, by the removalo'l one part, the weights may be placed withinthecase, to adjust to the proper weight for the chandelier.

To enable others to'fully understandmy invention, I will proceed todescribe the same, as illustrated in` the accompanying drawings.

l A is theibody of the chandelier, which consists of the lower part, B,4with the flange A extending up'therefrom, and overwhich a plate, Q, isfitted, and so that a belt, a, passed down through the plate C and partB, into the nut D, -the said bolt beingl increased in size above theplate C, so as to form e. shoulder thereon, the plate C willbe'firmlyheld down upon the upper edge ofthe ilang'eA, asse-en 'n-ig. 2.

The ilauge A isprovid'ed, at the proper points, with notches d (see iig.to receive the shank of the arms E, the said arms beingjformed attheir'inner ends solas te lock into 'thenotches datf, as seen in lig.'4. The" Aarms and notches `are constructed so as' to form a lock ordove-tail joint, yso that, when pressed t'o a bearing, they will he hrmin their position. Therefore, when the armsareplaced into the notchesinftlie flange, andthe plate C firmly bolted thereon, the Varms aresecurelyheld in position, and the whole chandelieris'of-the tirmestpossible construction.

If an even numherofarms, as two, four, or six, are used, oppositearms'may be forniedin a single piece,-

and extend across through the 'flange A, the'y being formed at thecentre so as to overlie each other, and set in the proper position. Ithink, howeverfthe single arm to be the preferable manrier ofconstruction.

The upper end of the bolt or roda is proyided for suspensiondn 'anyconvenient manner; but for the adjust? ment ofehandeliers'of'diil'er'ent heights, I arrangeat the .ceiling a base, li,into which I tix two or more arms G G, in like manner-'as` the arms oftheehandelier are fixed, as before des'cribedi and in the outer end of'each of the arms G, -I arrange'a pulley, Z1, over which, fromthechandelieig I extend cords` or chains c and to the endet' each cord Iattach weight, constructed in the' following manner, and as seen in fig.3:

II is the lower'part of a hollowv case, and I the 'upper part, of anyconvenient form or'design.' Through i `the two parts I pass a bolt, Ii,into a nut, N, at the bottom, the upper end of, the boltheing providedwith a head, so as, by means `ot` the nut N, to secure the two partsfirmly together, and also provided with `a convenient means ofattachment to the end of the cord c.

- To adjust the weights so as to balance the4 chandelier, remove theupper part, I, and'place within the caste Y one or more of theweights P,as seen infig. 3, the said weights being constructed so as to conform,from the 'reses 2 lower end of the ca-se upward, to the shape of thecase. The requisite number of these Weights having been placed withinthe cese, replace'the cap, and bolt the parte together, as beforedescribed. y

I do not wish to be understood as broadly claiming the arrangement ofthe pulleysabove the chandelier,

over which weights are suspended, es: snob I know to be old; but

What I do claini as new'and'nsefuL' and desire to secure by LettersPotent, is- 1. The ange A, combined with the parts B and C, andconstructed so as to receive and hold the arms E, substantially in themanner deserbed.

2. The arrangement oftheVV pulleys b upon their arms G, when 'the saidarms lOre secured in the Base, F,v

substantially in the manner andfor the purpose set forth. v

S Theweigllt, consisting ofthe two parts of the case, H and'gsecuredtogether by the bolt Lend nut N, und provided with adjusting-weights?,substantially in the manner herein set forth.

Witnesses ELI BOOTH, RATGLIFFE HICKS.

